We extend event system theory (EST) to conceptualize proactive events and examine how event duration, timing, criticality, and disruption are related to two phases of change associated with an organizationally initiated event. Specifically, we explore the impact of a new sustainability monitoring system on energy consumption using longitudinal archival data from 87 manufacturing units of a Fortune 200 multinational firm. We use a variant of mixed-effects discontinuous growth modeling (DGM) to test EST propositions related to initial and longer-term changes associated with implementing the monitoring system. Results indicate that while the new sustainability monitoring system is effective in reducing within-unit energy consumption on average, there are significant differences in change magnitude between units. The magnitude of change during the pre-post phase was related to between-unit differences in event duration, timing, criticality, and disruption. Longer-term change patterns were related to between-unit differences in managerial criticality behaviors. The results empirically validate several of EST’s core propositions and provide an illustration of how DGM can be modified to study events that vary in onset and duration across entities.

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从意图到影响：跨时间增强可持续性的主动事件方法

我们扩展事件系统理论（EST）来概念化主动事件，并研究事件持续时间、时机、关键性和中断如何与组织发起的事件相关的两个变革阶段相关。具体来说，我们利用财富 200 强跨国公司 87 个制造单位的纵向档案数据，探讨了新的可持续发展监测系统对能源消耗的影响。我们使用混合效应不连续增长模型 (DGM) 的变体来测试与实施监控系统相关的初始和长期变化相关的 EST 命题。结果表明，虽然新的可持续发展监测系统平均可以有效降低单位内的能源消耗，但单位之间的变化幅度存在显着差异。前后阶段的变化幅度与事件持续时间、时间安排、严重性和中断方面的单位间差异有关。长期变革模式与单位间管理关键行为的差异有关。结果从经验上验证了 EST 的几个核心命题，并说明了如何修改 DGM 以研究不同实体的发生和持续时间不同的事件。